Co-chaired by construction minister Mark Prisk and Lend Lease EMEA chief executive Dan Labbad, the board aims to set an action plan to overcome problems facing the industry. It will also work on persuading sceptics both inside and outside of the industry that a green construction sector can lead to growth.

Prisk said: ‘The potential for low carbon growth is enormous. There are approximately 25 million existing homes to be retrofitted by the end of 2050. This is a huge business opportunity that small construction firms should grasp.

‘By working with the industry, setting out the problems facing them and putting plans in place to tackle them, we can identify the barriers to growth in this sector and overcome them.’

Labbad added: ‘The assembled board is an impressive group of senior representatives from across industry, our supply chain and from government. I am looking forward to the opportunities ahead and working through the challenges in partnership with government.’

The board held its first meeting on Tuesday.

Its full membership is:

Mark Prisk, business minister

Dan Labbad, Lend Lease

Bill Bolsover, Aggregate Industries

Robert Care, Arup

Mark Clare, Barratt

Andrew Gould, Jones Lang LaSalle

Chris Hopkins, Ploughcroft

Bill Hughes, Legal and General

Representative of Cabinet Office – Efficiency and Reform Group

Peter Maskell, Philips Electronics UK

John Moore, Balfour Beatty Engineering Services

Paul Morrell, HMG’s chief construction adviser

Chris Newsome, Anglian Water

Mark Oliver, H&H UK

Sunand Prasad, Penoyre and Prasad

Mike Putnam, Skanska

Representative of HMT – Infrastructure UK

Lynne Sullivan, Sustainable by Design

James Wates, Wates

Representative of Department of Energy and Climate Change

Representative of Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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